Short Rehabilitation Poems

She gasps now, in pain 
As the gentle therapist
Extends her ballooning limb
  ~ In childbirth's pangs
     Ends always justified means...

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You ask me what I was?
Meek solitude sustained in armored mantle
a wave of movement never moving onward
a shade lost in humanity’s shadows
and nothing … before you...

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Rehabilitation from taking second and third glances,
From being enamoured with rust
And letting love turn to dust
Insisting it’s the real thing.
I’m learning real love can’t be downloaded....

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Squeeze a little tighter 
the therapist said at the rehab  
a tear drop fell at the corner 
of her eye 
as she smiled  



For Julia Ward’s Rehabilitation contest.
Written May 25th 2018....

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REHABILITATION

In 1965 I started
In 1982 I finished rehab 
Today I'm teaching others
Life is better in recovery
Come Celebrate Recovery with me

12 May 2018
For the contest sponsored by Julia Ward...

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An ox can pull a weighted cart daily.
With mirrored force, I grapple to lift my right leg.
A toddler wobbles in his first steps,
but struggling, we inevitably became able to walk.
Hugging the wall, like a child in the deep pool, I rise up....

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She was brutally raped
And sent home, her father's rage
Mixed with mother's curse
Rehabilitated her in marriage
With the rapist,à la carte.









Rehabilitation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
Free verse poetry form only.
25th May, 2018...

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He was seeking rehabilitation from an addiction that due to heroine it had him a strangle hold and although we got him clean it still ended him, that's the price of heroine, a harsh mistress and unforgiving, which is how I lost my friend, who was just like my brother....

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Total humiliation
Finally hit rock bottom
Knew it was time to ask for help
Waiving the white flag in desperation

Rehab crew, take me I’m yours



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on May 16, 2018 for REHABILITATION POETRY CONTEST sponsored by JULIA WARD...

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In and out, out or in,
Addicted to escape this world, to be set free
Flew over cuckoo’s nest so many times
That I can’t recall my in and out, my out or in
I just want to live

TOP WIN! :)
Rehabilitation
Contest Judged:  5/31/2018 2:53:00 PM
Sponsored by: Julia Ward...

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Rehabilitation


Broken body, broken mind, broken heart...

the pain is unbearable.

Rehabilitation can be a long, strenuous journey,

more painful than the reason.

Bearing it may bring back the joy of wholeness.


Sandra M. Haight
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one step at a time stands still

                              when the ringing in the ears
                           and the haze and nausea clears
                                    a broken body sighs


                                     ready for the next








05/22/18

Julia Ward's
Rehabilitation -Poetry Contest...

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Convalescence is possible with the renewal of faith.
Each resuscitation may be found in the power of healing.
I have found rehabilitation from a disease of the mind,
a malady that only existed because of my childhood abuse.
Good counsel and love can restore a wounded spirit. 



Rehabilitation Contest
Julia Ward
May 31, 2018...

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The criteria for involuntary hospitalization are as follows: patients must exhibit dangerous behavior toward themselves or others, they must be helpless and unable to provide for their basic daily needs, and there is a danger of “essential harm” to their mental health if they do not receive mental care..
Note.wehmi, nafsiati, Pagal, nashai, game, over.....

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Unlike the first Revolution…
this time we have to take America 
back from within
Like drug and alcohol addiction
we need detox 
and rehabilitation
The traitors and despoilers left
to wither and die
Too many have sacrificed
for the freedoms we take for granted
to abdicate our responsibility
to the lunatic fringe

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2022)...

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Monitoring twenty years confirms
Having good vegetation about
Helped to protect Australia’s rivers
From ravages of climate and drought 

The condition of streams and rivers
Based on agricultural impacts 
Caused modification of catchments
And altered hydrological cracks

Australia has set the example
Use wood for rehabilitation
Wood now plays a major role in streams
Improvement without limitations...

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Tired and torn, weary and worn,
male and female, straight and gay.
High and hooked, homeless and hungry.

Every creed, color, and kind.
looking for freedom to find.
Addicted to crime; running out of time,

From Clark Street, Madison and Western,
43rd and Calumet;
Beaten and broken; needing rehab,
many found the great escape.

04152007; (PS05162018Condensed for Contest, Rehabilitation, Julia Ward)...

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She pushes my wheelchair
   Rolling me past the nurses station
     Rolling me down the long bright hallway
    Rolls me into the room with all those machines 
 All I want to do is go for a   l o n g  w a l k  _  —  _  — _  —  _  — _  — _



For Julia Ward’s Rehabilitation contest.
Written May 24th 2018.

AR Strong has assisted many people on their road to recovery.
A great facility in Vancouver Canada....

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Q.Were you scared at night?
A.Halloween night.
Q.Why are you here?
A.I got into a fight with Supari.
Q.Why did you come here?
A.They brought me here.
Q.What did you do?
A.I broke his heart.
Q.Do you want to get married?
A.HAHAHA.
Q.When someone wants to get married,
What does he need to have?
A.Job House Money etc.
Q.You are OK but Supari wants you here?
A.Yes,he is the mastermind behind
Drug Addiction Psycho Rehab Game......

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As petals open one by one
I think of rehabilitation
But who am I?
Wild Irish rose I used to be.

I am a part of what's in you
I am the iris of your eyes
I am a black panther prancing in warm rain
I am a brook finding river, reaching to sea
I am quiet dawn awakened by the Source
I am noontide warmth
I am rainbow glow of evenings
I am a good night sleep
I am morning inspiring you
I am the humble eye, renewed each spring.

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Every beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar 
We ashering in Chinese New Year
Which carries a special meaning nowadays
Frankly to say
Just for us 
To relax
After a long session of strenuous work
For a complete rehabilitation,
To drop in
After a long absence of contacts
For a hearty reunion once a year
To plan
After a long painful struggle
For prosperity and happiness
To pray
After a long disappointment
For a better tomorrow...

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Out of water
Moses killed a task master
And hid the body.

In the wilderness
Forty years and reconciled
Called by Burning Bush

Out of the desert
Moses, the deliverer,
Set God's people free.

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A true Pharisee
Of Pharisees, Paul stood by
Consenting killings.

Killing more Christians
Blinded, thrown off his high horse
Sent to a Christian

The scales fell away.
Paul became a man of God...
Trusted apostle....

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The more you ignore the less the words turn towards the poem
Whatever care you offer at the rehab as a show of the charity
The leaves and stems keep suffering from the fungal infection 
The birds keep clear of the wrinkled shadows of the trees
Can't you have a few hearts of the morning dew

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22 May, 2018  
Rehabilitation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward...

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Bob’s accident was not "too" bad;
young lady with both legs broken.
Driving on drugs, he’s ultra rad;
“Go to Rehab,” judge has spoken.
Meanwhile... she goes to rehab too;
Bev learns to walk again, wahoo.

When laws and legs guys freely break,
what’s “legit” walks off the pages.
Their lawyers give this bellyache, 
“We don’t put addicts in cages!”
Meanwhile... last time Bob tests a tort,
Bev appears as lawyer in court. 

written May 26, 2018...

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A student who was stabbed to death,
It’s horrible to learn,
Was set upon by kids so young
It made my stomach turn.

One robber, 13 years of age,
Took part in the attack.
For criminals of such an age,
There is no going back.

I know that’s pessimistic
But a teen who has a knife
Shouldn’t, with things being equal,
Have such disregard for life.

Though rehabilitation
May be ordered by the state
For both the victim and the perps,
It seems too little much too late....

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